Trefumel: Langhian - Serravallian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Neosolenopora armoricana
Graham 1973
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Graham 1973 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatis sp.
(Blainville 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Aetobatus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Sparidae
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Sparus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Diplodus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium medium
(Desmarest 1822)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Trigonodontidae
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Trigonodon sp.
Sismonda 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 48.3° North, 2.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 3.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian - Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Most of the Miocene deposits, the so-called "faluns", consist of unconsolidated calcarenites and sandy limestones with clay and marl intercal- ations being exceptional. | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 154319 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Krause | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-02-11 10:26:34 | Last modified: | 2014-02-11 10:26:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-11 10:26:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50157. | C. Lecuyer, P. Grandjean, F. Paris, M. Robardet, and D. Robineau. 1996. Deciphering "temperature" and "salinity" from biogenic phosphates: the 6180 of coexisting fishes and mammals of the Middle Miocene sea of western France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 126(1):61-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 64595 | F. E. Graham. 1973. A Miocene solenoporoid alga showing reproductive structures. Palaeontology 16(2):223-230 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |